Simultaneous profiling and cultivation of the skin microbiome of healthy young adult skin for the development of therapeutic agents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies on the impact of the skin microbiota on human health have been gaining more attention. Bacteria are associated with various diseases, although certain strains of bacteria, which are known as probiotics, are considered beneficial. Mixtures of several bacteria (bacterial cocktail) isolated from targeted organs have shown promising modulatory activities for use in skin therapeutics. The objectives of this study were to determine and identify the microbial communities on the skin that can potentially be used as probiotics, as determined by bacterial isolation and cultivation, followed by next-generation sequencing (NGS).

Results

Samples were collected by swabbing on forehead and cheek skin. Genomic DNA from bacterial swab samples were directly extracted to be

SUBMITTER: Khayyira AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7176942 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature